Thos. & Wm. Molson - 1/2 penny 1837
Description
In 1763 France and England signed the Treaty of Paris and Canada became a British possession. Sixty years later the mother country had made no effort to provide an official currency for the young colony. By this time several private banks were in operation and they issued paper money which served to facilitate large business transactions. It was in the market place, where the ordinary citizen had to make change for small purchases, that the situation was most keenly felt. Read more »
It exists a variety with a thick planchet with a reeded edge and a variety with a thin planchet with a plain edge.
Text : Thos. & Wm. Molson - Brewers Distillers - Un sou - Montreal. Cash Paid for All Sorts of ? 1837.
Usefull link : Montreal Trade Tokens by Alfred Sandham - April, 1872
Plain edge tokens also exist.
Thos. & Wm. Molson - 1/2 penny 1837 values and prices
The value of a canadian token depends on several factors such as quality and wear, supply and demand, rarity, finish and more.
- Circulated
- Uncirculated
Varieties | AG-3 | G-4 | VG-8 | F-12 | VF-20 | EF-40 | AU-50 |
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Silver | - | - | - | - | - | $7,200 | $7,200 |
Thick flans | - | $250 | $631 | $1,000 | $1,330 | $1,670 | $2,780 |
Thin flans | - | $250 | $570 | $958 | $1,330 | $1,880 | $2,700 |
Varieties | MS-60 | MS-62 | MS-63 | MS-64 | MS-65 | MS-66 | MS-67 |
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Silver | $10,800 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Thick flans | $3,800 | $4,000 | $5,200 | $5,400 | - | - | - |
Thin flans | $4,240 | $6,200 | - | $6,500 | - | - | - |
View the average prices of certified Thos. & Wm. Molson - 1/2 penny 1837 sold at auctions »
Errors and varieties from the community
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#120 | Thos. & Wm. Molson - 1/2 penny 1837 - Clipped | andrelus |
Specifications
Silver
- Composition: Silver
- Haxby-Willey #: 108a
Thick flans
- Issuer: Thos. & Wm. Molson
- Engraver: Joseph Arnault
- Issuing date: 1837
- Denomination: Halfpenny
- Composition: Copper
- Weight: 11 grams
- Diameter: 29 mm
- Edge: Reeded
- Breton #: 562
- Charlton #: LC16A1
- McLachlan #: 51
- Sandham #: 34
- Haxby-Willey #: 108
- Batty #: 145
- Raymond #: 50
- Willey #: 579
Thin flans
- Issuer: Thos. & Wm. Molson
- Engraver: Joseph Arnault
- Issuing date: 1837
- Denomination: Halfpenny
- Composition: Copper
- Weight: 9 grams
- Diameter: 29 mm
- Edge: Reeded
- Breton #: 562
- Charlton #: LC16A3
- McLachlan #: 51
- Sandham #: 34
- Haxby-Willey #: 108
- Batty #: 144
- Raymond #: 50
- Willey #: 579
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